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PM? Elllel W search PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY G. PETTY, OF VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA.

MIXED PAINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 301.149, dated July 1, 1884.

I Application filed September 12, 18:3. (Specimens) To wZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. Pn'rTY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Vallejo, in the county of Solano and State of California, have invented a new and useful Paint Compound, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to paint compounds, and is especially adapted for use upon ship or boat bottoms, wharves, piles, and other surfaces subject to the action of salt or fresh waer. Its object is to provide a simple and in- XPQTlSIX-C compound possessing superior advantages in point of durability and general efficiency.

My compound consists of the following ingredients, compounded in about the propor: tions stated, to wit: coaL-tar, twenty gallons; asphaltum varnish, two and one-half gallons; limj itn dfier; two and one-half gallons;

arbo 1c aeidronwpint; lime-water, one-half half gallon; Vegetian red, fifty ounds; i'n diarubber, five pounds'f'aTsenifiig mds; strong solution salt-water, one gallon; brimstone, eight pounds; corrosive sublimate, five pounds; solution of alum, one gallon; benzine, three gallons; turpentine, one and onc-half gallon.

In compounding my improved paint the strength of the solution of sal-soda is one part soda to four water; strength of solution of salt, one part salt to three water; strength of solution of alum, one part alum to two water. These ingredients are to be thoroughly mixed by agitation or other suitable means, and then applied in the usual manner;

The advantages of my improved compound will be readily understood and appreciated. It serves to preserve the timber and render it impervious to water or dampness, and prevents salt-water. worms and barna-cles from working in. \Vhen' used on metal surfaces, the paint will expand and contract with the metal and will therefore not crack or scale 011", nor will it blister and corrode on metal.

' I claim- The herein-described paint compound, consisting of coal-tar, asphaltum varnish, Japan drier, carbolic acid, lime-water, solution salsoda, Venetian red. india-rubber, arsenic, solution saltwater, brimswfifi corrosive sublimate, solution of alum, benzine, and turpentine, in about the proportions specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing "as my own I have hereto affixed mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY C. PETTY.

W'itn esses ROSWELL SooTT, CHAS. F. Cmnnnns.

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